PHOTOS/VIDEO: Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from BNP Paribas Open 2019 due to a right knee injury

“The week had been positive until yesterday,” said Nadal.

“For me it’s not about only today, It’s about what it means for me to have to pull out in a tournament that I love so much, like this one, and in the semifinals after playing well during the whole tournament. You can imagine that I can’t be happy. Sometimes it’s tough and frustrating for me personally to go through all this stuff.”

“[I have to] accept the situation, even if today is a sad moment for me. I try to be always positive and grateful with all the things that tennis has given to me and life has given to me. I can’t complain much, because I feel very fortunate for all the things that I’ve done in this life and happened to me in the world of tennis. It’s normal that after all those things you go through, there are sad and tough moments, too.”

“I’m just going to keep going, and I’m just going to keep doing the things that work well for me and accepting that sometimes these issues can happen,” he said. “So all the things that are in my hands I am doing well. The things that I can’t control, I can’t control.”

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